Comments on: Commercial gear for beginners

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:07:24 +0000

Hi,

Interesting article and nice story about the photo booth which I’ve never heard before..

Please feel free to post to http://www.photographyvoter.com.

By: c

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:35:36 +0000

guy i work with in miami doing a big shoot for smuckers, just copped a new fuji S3.

i’d say 75 percent of the pics weren’t sharp. naturally he was very distressed. the night after the shoot he decided to retool. intuitively i told him i thought canon was the way to go. he always lived by the notion that the camera wasn’t the photo, the photographer was. consequently with film he shot pentax vs. hassy. a hell of a lot cheaper and close enuf.

i would argue when you’re shooting film, the film is the biggest difference, but when your shoot digital the camera is your film.

he has a 5D now. loves it. he even likes his 30D better. that’s what i have, but i have real concerns about how any of my images would blow up beyond an 8x10

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:45:37 +0000

Technically speaking, I don’t know “how” the Canon made better images than the Hasselblad, but I can tell you for certain that it did. The Hasselblad images were noisy when zoomed in to 100% despite the ISO being set to 200 and the colors were far more muted in coming out of the Hasselblad. It was weird. Who knows what the deal was. Maybe she didn’t have it calibrated right (do you have to calibrate a Phase One back?) or something, but the Canon pretty much blew it out of the water.

By: Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:29:28 +0000

I’m confused; how did the Canon 5D beat out the Hasselblad? No doubt the Canon is more reliable in producing ‘quality’ images than the Nikon, though. I haven’t so much experience with commercial work, but I can see the appeal of shooting digital on a low budget — you shouldn’t have to appologize for seeing it, too, Greg. Though, if I was doing an exciting editorial job, I think I’d not only be more comfortable with my analog equipment but also be intrinsically happier with the results. Just a thought.

P.S. Good luck with the robbery!